Sunday, September 20, 2009

This could be a scandal of epic proportions and one that makes Nixon's Watergate or Clinton 's Monica Lewinsky affair pale by comparison. Why was there neither rhyme nor reason as to which dealerships of the Chrysler Corporation were to be closed? Roll the clock back to the weeks just before Chrysler declared bankruptcy. Chrysler, like GM, was in dire financial straights and federal government graciously offered to "buy the company" and keep them out of bankruptcy and "save jobs." Chrysler was, in the words of Obama and his administration, "Too big to fail," same story with GM.

The feds organized their "Automotive Task Force" to fix Chrysler and GM. Obama, in an act that is 100% unconstitutional, appointed a guy named Steve Rattner to be the White House's official Car Czar- literally, that's what his title is. Rattner is the liaison between Obama, Chrysler, and GM.

Initially, the national media reported that Chrysler had made this list of dealerships. That is not true. The Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Fox New and a host of other news agencies discovered that the list of dealerships was put together by the "Automotive Task Force" headed by no one other then Mr. Steve Rattner. Now the plot thickens. Remember earlier we said earlier that there was neither rhyme nor reason why certain dealerships were closed? Actually there's a very interesting pattern as to who was closed down. Again, on May 27, 2009, TheWashington Examiner and Newsmax exposed the connection. Amazingly, of the 789 dealerships closed by the federal government 788 had donated money, exclusively, to Republican political causes, while contributing nothing to Democratic political causes. The only "Democratic" dealership on the list was found to have donated $7,700 to Hillary's campaign, and a bit over $2,000 to John Edwards. This same dealership, reportedly, also gave $200.00 to Obama's campaign. Does that seem a little odd to you?

Steve Rattner, the guy who put the list together. Well he happens to bemarried to a babe named Maureen White. Maureen happens to be the formernational finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As such,she would have access to campaign donation records from everyone in thenation, Republican or Democrat. But of course, this is just a wackycoincidence, we're certain.

Then comes another really wacky coincidence. On that list of dealershipsbeing closed down, a weird thing happened in Arkansas , North Louisiana ,and Southern Missouri . It seems that Bill Clinton's former White HouseChief of Staff, Mack McClarty, owns a chain of dealership in thatregion, partnered with a fellow by the name of Robert Johnson. Johnsonhappens to be founder of Black Entertainment Television and was a hugeObama supporter and financier. These guys own a half dozen Chryslerstores under the company title of RLJ-McClarty-Landers. Interestingly,none of their dealerships were ordered closed - not one- while all oftheir competing Chrysler/Dodge and Jeep dealership were! Eightdealerships located near the dealerships owned by McClarty and Johnsonwere ordered shut down. Thus, by pure luck, these two major Obamasupporters now have virtual monopoly on Chrysler sales in their zone.Isn't that amazing? Go look in The Washington Examiner, the story'sthere, and it's in a dozen or so other web-based news organization, thisisn't being made up.

Now if you thought Chrysler was owned by Fiat, you are truly mistaken.Under the federal court ruling, 65% of Chrysler is now owned by thefederal government and the United Auto Worker's union- Fiat owns 20%.The other 15% is till privately owned and presumably will be traded onthe stock market. Obama smiles and says he doesn't want to run the autoindustry.

As horrifying as this is to comprehend, and being as how this used to bethe United States of America , it would appear that the president has thepower to destroy private businesses and eliminate upwards of 100,000jobs, just because they don't agree with his political agenda. This isNazi Germany stuff, and it's happening right here, right now, in yourback yard. There are voices in Washington demanding an explanation, butthe "Automotive Task Force" has released no information to the public orany of the senators demanding answers for what has been done. Keep yourear to the ground for more on this story. If you've ever wanted to makea difference about anything in your life, get on the phone to yournational senator or representative in the House and demand aninvestigation on this.

Benjamin Franklin had it right when he said, "All that's necessary forevil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

Car Czar No More

An amazing thing happened as this story was going to press. Obama's CarCzar, Steve Rattner, resigned on July 13 and was promptly replaced byformer steel workers union boss Ron Bloom. According to CBS News,Rattner left "to return to private life and spend time with his family."Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner said, "I hope that he takes anotheropportunity to bring his unique skills to government service in thefuture." By the way, Rattner is under investigation for a multi-milliondollar pay-to-play investment bank scandal in New York . Uh-oh! But,we're certain that had nothing to do with his resignation. And,according to several news sources out there, there are rumors he's beinginvestigated for what could be pay-to-play scandal involving the closingof Chrysler and GM dealerships. Really? Again, that couldn't haveanything to with his resignation- that's ridiculous! Like CBS said, thisguy just wants to spend more quality time with his family. Obama hasthirty-two personally appointed "czars" that answer to no one but him,all of whom are acting without any Constitutional authority. But hey,we're sure they all have "unique skills," as Tim Geithner likes to say.

Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear, or are out to repeat a rumor.

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students...?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Test of Three?"

"That's correct," Socrates continued.

"Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really..."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more.

This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.

It also explains why Socrates never found out that Plato was banging his wife.